C&NW #8010 EMD SD60 Locomotive

I received my first diesel freight locomotive in the mail yesterday and it is an Atlas Master Line Chicago & North Western #8010. The #8010 was built in August 1986 and then renumbered to Union Pacific #5974 on April 23rd 1997. It was retired from Union Pacific on January 4th 2002 and I am curretnly unsure where it ended up after that.

I purchased my model from a hobby shop I remember as a kid growing up. Lombard Hobbies in Lombard, IL has a pretty decent webstore and I was abe to find it cheaper than any other place. I am glad to save a few dollars, plus help out an old hobby store. Since it already has a DCC decoder already built in, it is all ready to go for the track.

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